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The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation in Veterans With Epilepsy

NCT03589755 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2020-09-03

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Summary

Epilepsy is one of the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects people of all ages and about 25 % of those patients have medically intractable epilepsy. Since the traditional pharmaceutical and surgical approach is not always effective, this study intends to investigate a novel approach using mindfulness as adjunctive tool of treatment for veterans with epilepsy.

This study proposes a randomized, single-blinded pilot investigative trial to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation. The measures outcomes include seizure frequency, number of ER visits, quality of life, depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep quality and alcohol use in patients with Epilepsy. The cohort group will be randomized in two groups, one is the group of patients getting mindful meditation weekly during 8 weeks compared to patients in the waiting list who have the desire to participate.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness meditation

The intervention consist of a weekly session of mindfulness meditation provided by a clinical psychologist trained in this area. She will provide weekly session to a group of 10 patients at a time for a total of 8 weeks. Upon completing the course, the other 10 people will start

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Miami VA Healthcare System

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Maria R Lopez, M.D · Miami Veteran Affairs hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-08
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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